Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.73/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$146.73

29 head · 381 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$34.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	368	154.21	568	12thin
Medium and Large 2	358	148.12	530	13thin
Medium and Large 3	494	119.76	592	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about −$24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale29 hd

146.73

—

FL average9 barns · 331 hd

146.05

+0.67

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,269	60.33	765	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	50.53	500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	168.40/cwt	165.00–172.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	154.62/cwt	153.00–158.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	157.60/cwt	155.00–160.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	125.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	132.62/cwt	130.00–134.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	128.57/cwt	125.00–132.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	142.66/cwt	140.00–145.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	132.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	122.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	149.43/cwt	147.00–152.00	386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	138.93/cwt	137.00–141.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	132.43/cwt	130.00–137.00	426	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	58.44/cwt	57.00–61.00	732	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	868	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	50.53/cwt	50.00–51.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	163.98/cwt	163.00–165.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	146.63/cwt	145.00–150.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	137.83/cwt	135.00–144.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	114.43/cwt	112.00–117.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	157.65/cwt	152.00–163.00	446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	146.93/cwt	145.00–149.00	533	6

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Apr 14, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 177Year ago 292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 33Year ago 52

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	165.00–172.00	168.40
3	—	375	153.00–158.00	154.62
2	—	305	163.00–165.00	163.98
3	—	410	145.00–150.00	146.63
2	—	458	140.00–142.00	140.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	155.00–160.00	157.60
3	—	423	135.00–144.00	137.83
2	—	283	152.00–163.00	157.65
6	—	363	145.00–149.00	146.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	120.00–130.00	125.08
2	—	520	112.00–117.00	114.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	130.00–134.00	132.62
2	—	320	140.00–145.00	142.66
2	—	258	147.00–152.00	149.43
4	—	368	137.00–141.00	138.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	125.00–132.00	128.57
2	—	270	130.00–135.00	132.59
3	—	322	130.00–137.00	132.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	120.00–127.00	122.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	57.00–61.00	58.44
1	—	1,315	66.00	66.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	50.00–51.00	50.53

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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